Deep within the pride ring inside a country mansion a young girl crouches on the stairs starring out through the bars. This luxurious mansion was a prison to her. Cold and deprived of all its warmth and love: which she only now find in her dreams. A family portrait hangs in the anteroom the grim grainy glow of giant crystallized chandeliers gave a false warmth to the the country mansion. Belonging to a crude, cut-throat nobleman and and his estranged daughter.

For years the demonic nobleman Dante: A cold-blood and callous man had managed to shut out the outside world. Keeping his daughter sheltered and shielded from its prying eyes with the ill intent of marrying her off.

In order to strengthen their family bloodline. But for a fourteen year old named Ruby a young Aries who had trouble controlling her most basic powers time was running out. She was opening her eyes to the world around her constantly pestering her father challenging him at every turn.

Her presence was grating to the auburn haired nobleman, resulting in being locked away in her room. Chained beneath the table only to fed scraps from the table from her father's hand.

Beaten behind closed doors, humiliated out in public. Tonight was no different as she stares through the bars of her window. A giant bruise forming on her wrist as she wipes the dribble of blood running down her chin.

She curls up bringing her black satin sheets and nightmare-before-Christs duvet around her flicking on a small flashlight she stares down into her mother's face .

She missed her mother, the warmth and kindness the gentleness of her touch. Ruby had lost track of the nights she had spent alone crying in her room while her surly father sat on his throne made of ruby satin and ebony wood. Swirling his finger in a canter of crimson wine his golden eyes locked on the family portrait his lips pulled back in a sneer.

The Unfaithful harlot was gone, Lisa was abandoning her only daughter into his care knowing how manipulative and controlling he could be. But she was left with no other choice she didn't want her image smeared, she had to stay away. But she had ways of keeping an eye on her daughter, not even Dante knew about.

Ruby was coming of age: her Aries powers were flaring she was reckless and far too obtuse. He needed to cultivate her abilities and put her mind to other matters like strengthening their bloodline and marrying a noble that would treat her as justly as he did.

But who?.

Slyiviathin Eldritch?

Prince Stolas? Of the Ares Goeita.

Princess Charlie?" Lucifer No, Dante was no fool.

But there had to be someone who was equal or superior to their bloodline

Meanwhile Ruby wiped tears from his eyes as a chilling resolve settled over her. To reclaim her life from the evil grasp of her controlling father she had no other choice but to leave she would begin packing immediately there was no time to loose her father was distracted there would be no significant loss and the heiress to the the Aries bloodline would finely be free.

No- she needed to do this, this might be her only chance to escape she told herself while packing a small duffle of everything she might need. Reaching over she pockets the last of it. Before she makes her way to the door. A pair of eyes watch her from the bed a long slinky form immersed in shadows slides between her legs.

Ruby let out of muffled shriek.

"Kali" she breathes knowing her companion wouldn't let her go.

Kali growled insisting that she stay. But knowing Kali Ruby knew her feline friend was just overprotective and mostly likely wanted to go with her. She detested Edgar with a passion and wanted to toy with its corpse.

"You win" Ruby quietly told her.

"Lets go" She says slipping out of her room and down the stairs her heart hammering in her chest every step of the way. It wasn't until she was halfway there when Edgar spotted them. He was perched on an old grandfather clock his sharp marbled eyes watching her as she turned the knob.

Kali growled her tail flicking from side to side as she crept closer to the grandfather clock. Catching Edgar's face in her mouth she sinks her sharp teeth into feathery neck. Giving Ruby enough time to slip away into the night. The large calico cat had spat out the crow before taking off out the door racing into the night after her mistress.